Sarmatians
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Sarmatian cataphracts depicted on [[Trajan's Column, 2nd century CE.]]
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The Sarmatians were a powerful nomadic people from the steppes north of the Black Sea and Caucasus who became known for their heavily armored cavalry warriors called cataphracts, as depicted on monuments like Trajan's Column from the 2nd century CE. They matter historically because they were major military and political forces in ancient Eurasia, influencing the regions around them and leaving archaeological and artistic records of their distinctive warfare tactics.
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Key facts
- Archaeological culture.name
- Sarmatians
- Archaeological culture.region
- Southern Ural, Northern Caucasus, Black Sea
- Archaeological culture.period
- Iron Age
- Archaeological culture.dates
- 5th century BC – 4th century AD
- Archaeological culture.precededby
- Sauromatians
- Archaeological culture.followedby
- Hunnic Empire
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23 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- History
- Origin
- In the Pontic Steppe and Europe
- Decline
- Archaeology
- Ethnology
- Culture
- Language
- Equipment
- Art
- Genetics
- Autosomal DNA
- Haplogroups
- Physical appearance
- Legacy
- Polish Sarmatism
- Tribes
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|300px|Sarmatian cataphracts depicted on [[Trajan's Column, 2nd century CE.]]
The Sarmatians (; ; Latin: ) were a large confederation of ancient Iranian equestrian nomadic peoples who dominated the Pontic steppe from around the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD.
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